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-rw-r--r--lib/reltool/doc/src/make.dep20
-rw-r--r--lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml46
-rw-r--r--lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml14
3 files changed, 57 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/make.dep b/lib/reltool/doc/src/make.dep
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e77e8162..0000000000
--- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/make.dep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# >>>> Do not edit this file <<<<
-# This file was automaticly generated by
-# /home/otp/bin/docdepend
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# TeX files that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: book.tex part.tex ref_man.tex reltool.tex \
- reltool_examples.tex reltool_intro.tex reltool_usage.tex
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.tex: ref_man.xml
-
diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml
index 324d69675e..cf2cf7f7bc 100644
--- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,51 @@
thus constitutes one section in this document. The title of each
section is the version number of Reltool.</p>
- <section><title>Reltool 0.5.6</title>
+ <section><title>Reltool 0.5.7.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Added recommendation about <c>RootDir</c> parameter to
+ <c>reltool:eval_target_spec/3</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9742</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Reltool 0.5.7</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If a module was duplicated in the library directories
+ visible to reltool, and the configuration did not point
+ out which file to use, then reltool:start would always
+ fail. A pop-up is added which asks if you want to
+ continue with a safe and minimal configuration.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9383</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ wx would sometimes crash due to an empty radiobox on the
+ 'releases' tab of the system window. This radiobox is
+ removed, and replaced by a listbox which will always
+ contain at least kernel and stdlib applications.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9384</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Reltool 0.5.6</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
index 31e15e34e7..60e886e8f5 100644
--- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
+++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
@@ -558,7 +558,17 @@ target_spec() = [target_spec()]
<c>true</c> there is no need to install the target system with
<c>reltool:install/2</c> before it can be started. In that case
the file tree containing the target system can be moved without
- re-installation.</p></desc>
+ re-installation.</p>
+
+ <p>In most cases, the <c>RootDir</c> parameter should be set to
+ the same as the <c>root_dir</c> configuration parameter used in
+ the call to <c>reltool:get_target_spec/1</c>
+ (or <c>code:root_dir()</c> if the configuration parameter is not
+ set). In some cases it might be useful to evaluate the same
+ target specification towards different root directories. This
+ should, however, be used with great care as it requires
+ equivalent file structures under all roots.</p>
+ </desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -640,7 +650,7 @@ target_spec() = [target_spec()]
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_target_spec(Server) -> {ok, targetSpec} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name>get_target_spec(Server) -> {ok, TargetSpec} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Return a specification of the target system</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Server = server()</v>